Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.The 200 Greatest Television Shows I Ever Watched
By "greatest", I do not mean the pinnacle of the art form (although some of these shows definitely fit the bill). After looking all over Wikipedia, I pulled out the 200 shows that I loved since I was able to remember what I was watching on television. The original goal was 100 but, obviously, I've watched a lot of TV in my 30 years of life and I didn't have the heart to pare this list down to 100.
If it wasn't outright canceled, a lot of these shows saw drops in quality before they were taken off the air. This list was developed looking at the shows during their creative peak (in my opinion). Some of these shows were canceled during their creative peak which is why I remember them so fondly.
Anyway, let's get on with it.
In alphabetical order (all links are to the show's Wikipedia page):
If it wasn't outright canceled, a lot of these shows saw drops in quality before they were taken off the air. This list was developed looking at the shows during their creative peak (in my opinion). Some of these shows were canceled during their creative peak which is why I remember them so fondly.
Anyway, let's get on with it.
In alphabetical order (all links are to the show's Wikipedia page):
- 24
- 21 Jump Street
- 30 Rock
- The 4400
- A Different World
- Action
- Alf
- Alias
- Alice
- Alien Nation
- All in The Family
- Alvin & The Chipmunks
- American Gladiators
- Andy Richter Controls the Universe
- Angel
- Animaniacs
- Anything But Love
- Arrested Development
- Batman (1966 TV Series)
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Battle of the Planets
- Battlestar Galatica (2004)
- The Ben Stiller Show
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Bewitched
- Bobby's World
- Boy Meets World
- The Brady Bunch
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Carnivàle
- Chappelle's Show
- Charles in Charge
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
- Cheers
- The Chris Rock Show
- Clarissa Explains It All
- The Cosby Show
- Coupling (BBC)
- The Critic
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- The Daily Show
- Daria
- Davey and Goliath
- Dawson's Creek
- Deadwood
- Def Comedy Jam
- Degrassi Junior High
- Degrassi High
- Dexter
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Double Dare
- Doug
- Dream On
- DuckTales
- Eight Is Enough
- The Electric Company
- The Facts of Life
- The Family Guy
- Family Ties
- Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids
- Firefly
- The Flash
- The Flintstones
- Freaks and Geeks
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Friday Night Lights
- Friends
- Futurama
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Galaxy High
- Garfield & Friends
- Gargoyles
- Get A Life
- The Get Along Gang
- Grey's Anatomy
- Growing Pains
- Happy Days
- Head of the Class
- Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats
- He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe
- Herman's Head
- The Honeymooners
- House
- How I Met Your Mother
- I Dream of Jeannie
- I Love Lucy
- In Living Color
- The Incredible Hulk
- The Incredible Hulk (1982 cartoon)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
- Jackass
- The Jeffersons
- The Jetsons
- Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
- Just The Ten Of Us
- Justice League Unlimited
- Kate & Allie
- Kids in the Hall
- Kids Incorporated
- The L Word
- Laff-A-Lympics
- The Larry Sanders Show
- Laverne & Shirley
- Law & Order
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Little Britain
- The Littles
- Looney Toons
- Lost
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Married… With Children
- Martin
- Max Headroom
- Melrose Place
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
- Monk
- The Monkees
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Mork & Mindy
- Mr. Show
- My So-Called Life
- Ned & Stacey
- NewsRadio
- Nip/Tuck
- The Odd Couple
- The Office (BBC)
- The Office (NBC)
- Out of This World
- Oz
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
- The Partridge Family
- Pee Wee's Playhouse
- Profit
- Punky Brewster
- Pushing Daisies
- Queer As Folk (Showtime)
- Reading Rainbow
- The Real World
- Remote Control
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Reno 911!
- Rescue Me
- Roc
- Rome
- Roseanne
- Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
- Samurai Jack
- Saturday Night Live
- Saved By The Bell
- SCTV
- Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
- Scrubs
- Seinfeld
- Sesame Street
- Sex and the City
- The Shield
- Shirt Tales
- Silver Spoons
- The Simpsons
- Six Feet Under
- Sledge Hammer!
- Small Wonder
- The Smurfs
- The Sopranos
- South Central
- South Park
- Spaced
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Tales from the Crypt
- The Three Stooges
- Three's Company
- Thundercats
- The Tick (cartoon)
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Too Close For Comfort
- The Tracey Ullman Show
- Transformers
- Undeclared
- V (TV series)
- The Venture Bros.
- Veronica Mars
- Voltron
- Weeds
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- What's Happening!!
- Who's the Boss?
- Wings
- The Wire
- Wonder Showzen
- The Wonder Years
- The Woody Woodpecker Show
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- The X-Files
- X-Men (1992 Cartoon)
- Yo! MTV Raps
- You Can't Do That On Television
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another mercy flush by Melanism at Friday, January 04, 2008
7 Comments:
I watch the L Word on Showtime...BYAH!!!!!!!
Ah, "South Central."
The most vivid memory I have from that show was Larenz Tate's character getting jumped on the bus and his friend jumping out of the rear emergency exit.
Worst TV Friend Ever.
I agree with most of these, but take issue on two shows:
A Different World - Really?!? Duane Wayne? I mean, I love Lisa Bonet as much as the next guy, but really?
Quantum Leap - Ziggy feels like there is a 98.2% chance it should have made the list.
I just got super-pissed looking back at your TV list. I reviewing it as a reference guide, and lo and behold, I cannot find MacGuyver. Seriously? I mean, who didn't love Kate & Allie... but put MacGuyver in their apartment, and imagine what he could do. I'm hurt by that omission, and yep, Kevin's right that Quantum Leap should be there too, but not at the expense of A Different World; I would take out the Ben Stiller Show, easily the worst sketch comedy show of that era, despite the talent. I would have included The State or MAD TV over that one, though you have most of the vital sketch comedies on there. Very pleased overall, though it will take some time for me to cool down over the MacGuyver thing.
GREAT list; however,
I second ME's notion on The State and MAD TV.
Was I the only one who used to watch Laverne & Shirley?
What about Jem?? (truly outrageous!) - I knew boys who watched Jem back in the day! But they were, err, umm...nevermind! :-p
Both Degrassi's? Yesssss
The L Word? Yessssss
Get A Life!!! I swore that I lost brain cells watching it, but I couldn't stop!! LOL
...no quantum leap...200 shows and no quantum leap...
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I didn't watch Quantum Leap. Maybe if they had DVR back then, I would have. MacGuyver too.
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